laetant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →laeto, laetare, laetavi, laetatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
gladden, cheer; be glad/joyful, rejoice (medieval);
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...luce uidet; longe dant signa per umbras mutua laetantes, et amicum pondus uterque, ceu reduces uitae saeuaque..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...sibi credidit Caesar auxitque opibus. et accepere barbari laetantes, ut ferme ad nova imperia. mox subiit pudor degeneravisse..."